boy's name

Hart

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 1
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 1,372

Hart is a boy's name with 1 syllable. In 2025 it was given to 66 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2025, when 66 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 50,234 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1888.
  • 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.

Hart over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Hart by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 6
1900s 5
1910s 57
1920s 73
1930s 81
1940s 43
1950s 66
1960s 49
1970s 38
1980s 95
1990s 103
2000s 118
2010s 244
2020s (to 2025) 321

How popular is Hart?

In 2025, Hart was given to 66 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Hart is used

Canada #1,760 12 in 2024
United States #2,409 66 in 2025
England & Wales #4,036 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Hart

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Hart also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Hart over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Hart

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Hart — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Hart

How popular is the name Hart?

In 2025, Hart was given to 66 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Hart a girl's or a boy's name?

Hart is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Hart?

Hart has 1 syllable.

When was Hart most popular?

Hart peaked in 2025, when 66 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Hart a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Hart currently ranks #1,760 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.